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What’s Cookin’

July 22, 2008

Am I actually tired? Jeez, I am, quite, and it’s all because of this year’s Taste3 event, which was simultaneously exhilarating, sobering, inspiring, and exhausting. For two full days, speakers from around the world each had 18 minutes each to share their thoughts and perspectives on topics like…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 21, 2008

The Socialite

Class, Luncheon, Conversation and Book Signing

Coming up is another class, luncheon, conversation, and book signing with Jennifer Newens, executive editor of the series ~WILLIAMS-SONOMA TOOLS & TECHNIQUES~; this class will focus on Pasta & Risotto. Italy exports many fine pasta products, but learning how to make pasta and gnocchi from scratch will give you a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 21, 2008

The Socialite

Slow Food on Film

“~SLOW FOOD ON FILM~ highlights international documentaries dedicated to food memory and to the controversies surrounding agriculture and food industry. Slow Food San Francisco invites you to the US film premiere of Strawberry Fields, Special Mention of Honour for Best Documentary at the Slow Food on Film Festival 2008 in…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 21, 2008

The Regular

Anchor & Hope

It's funny, for a town that has been missing some new options for seafood, within a few months of each other, we got Waterbar and ANCHOR & HOPE. Not only is this the third local restaurant with a mermaid logo (see Weird Fish and Bar Crudo), but it&…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 21, 2008

The Chatterbox

July 15, 2008

Thank you all for the nice notes after last week's CHEFS dinner recap. I wanted to post this letter below from Russell Rummer, the executive chef of Roots and Daffodil, who hires a lot of graduates from the ~CHEFS PROGRAM~ in his kitchens. I'm hoping some…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 15, 2008

The Lush

July 15, 2008

So a few weeks back I mentioned the bar formerly known as the ~RED ROOM~ in the Hotel Commodore has new owners and a new name. I can now announce the bar is called ~MINX~, and you might recognize some of the bartenders from Amber and the Riptide. The décor…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 15, 2008

The Starlet

July 15, 2008

This week's starlet is exactly why this city cracks me up. First, there was a little 90s grunge/alterna rock get-together at Bambuddha: the guys from the band Live were at the bar (Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor, and Chad Gracey). A bartender mentioned that the bass player from…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 15, 2008

What’s Cookin’

July 15, 2008

I'm not sure how the weekend weather was here in SF, but there's nothing quite like summer in wine country (I adore the sun—how I have ended up living in San Francisco for 13 years and counting is beyond me). Some wine country weekend highlights:…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 14, 2008

The Socialite

tablehopper supper at Rubicon

Okay my friends, as promised, coming up is a very special ~TABLEHOPPER SUPPER AT RUBICON~. Not only has it been a while since I hosted the last one, but we are also experiencing a dinner prepared by one of my top five favorite local chefs (Stuart Brioza) and pastry chefs…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 14, 2008

The Wino

Evan Goldstein on Perfect Pairings

Evan Goldstein, MS, and President and Chief Education Officer of Full Circle Wine Solutions Inc., is one of the nation's most prolific food and wine industry veterans. His food and wine career started at age 19 in Paris, and in 1984 he joined his mother, chef and author…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 14, 2008